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Top 10 Favourites of Individual Writers: Part C

Do you like the same books as writers? This list is derived from the book "The Top Ten: Writers Pick their Favorite Books" edited by J. Peder Zane.
This list consists of 5 blocks of 11 items. The first item in each block is a monochrome image of an individual author with one of their better known works; this is followed by their 10 favourite books (in descending rank). See the list structure below. Click on the link to go to Part B if you haven't done it yet.
01: Annie Proulx (The Shipping News)
02-11: Ten favourites
12: Joyce Carol Oates (We Were the Mulvaneys)
13-22: Ten favourites
23: David Leavitt (The Lost Language of Cranes)
24-33: Ten favourites
34: Thomas Keneally (Schindler's List)
35-44: Ten favourites
45: Philip Caputo (A Rumor of War)
46-55: Ten favourites
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The Shipping News (Annie Proulx)
The Shipping News
1
Annie Proulx
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
2
Homer
Wheat That Springeth Green (J. F. Powers)
Wheat That Springeth Green
3
J. F. Powers
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
4
Mark Twain
Ship of Fools (Katherine Anne Porter)
Ship of Fools
5
Katherine Anne Porter
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
6
Mikhail Bulgakov
King Lear (William Shakespeare)
King Lear
7
William Shakespeare
Leaves of Grass (Walt Whitman)
Leaves of Grass
8
Walt Whitman
The Stories of William Trevor (William Trevor)
The Stories of William Trevor
9
William Trevor
The Black Book (Orhan Pamuk)
The Black Book
10
Orhan Pamuk
The Haiku of Matsuo Bashō (Matsuo Bashō)
The Haiku of Matsuo Bashō
11
Matsuo Bashō
We Were the Mulvaneys (Joyce Carol Oates)
We Were the Mulvaneys
12
Joyce Carol Oates
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
13
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
14
James Joyce
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
15
William Faulkner
The Poems of Emily Dickinson
The Poems of Emily Dickinson
16
The Complete Stories of Franz Kafka (Franz Kafka)
The Complete Stories of Franz Kafka
17
Franz Kafka
The Red and the Black (Stendhal)
The Red and the Black
18
Stendhal
The Rainbow (D.H. Lawrence)
The Rainbow
19
D.H. Lawrence
Women in Love (D. H. Lawrence)
Women in Love
20
D. H. Lawrence
Moby-Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby-Dick
21
Herman Melville
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
22
Mark Twain
The Lost Language of Cranes (David Leavitt)
The Lost Language of Cranes
23
David Leavitt
In Search of Lost Time (Marcel Proust)
In Search of Lost Time
24
Marcel Proust
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
25
George Eliot
The Good Soldier (Ford Madox Ford)
The Good Soldier
26
Ford Madox Ford
Pale Fire (Vladimir Nabokov)
Pale Fire
27
Vladimir Nabokov
The Emigrants (W.G. Sebald)
The Emigrants
28
W.G. Sebald
A Legacy (Sybille Bedford)
A Legacy
29
Sybille Bedford
The Importance of Being Earnest (Oscar Wilde)
The Importance of Being Earnest
30
Oscar Wilde
A Far Cry From Kensington (Muriel Spark)
A Far Cry From Kensington
31
Muriel Spark
The Beginning of Spring (Penelope Fitzgerald)
The Beginning of Spring
32
Penelope Fitzgerald
The Collected Stories of Grace Paley
The Collected Stories of Grace Paley
33
Schindler's List (Thomas Keneally)
Schindler's List
34
Thomas Keneally
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
35
Emily Bronte
Treasure Island (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Treasure Island
36
Robert Louis Stevenson
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
37
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
38
Charles Dickens
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
39
Leo Tolstoy
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce)
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
40
James Joyce
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